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1FA6P8SJ9L5499971
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Year
2020
Make
FORD
Model
Mustang
Trim
Shelby GT500 Coupe
Body Style
Coupe
Drive Type
—
Engine
5.2L
Fuel Type
Gasoline
Transmission
—
Plant
FLATROCK, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (USA)
Vehicle Type
PASSENGER CAR
Manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Owner Complaints
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FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 Mustang vehicles equipped a forward-looking camera. The camera may be misaligned to the vehicle and features that are dependent on the camera such as Pre-Collision Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping System, Driver Alert, and Auto High Beam Control may not function as intended.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 Mustang vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. The brake pedal bracket may fracture during sudden stopping.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2019 Expedition and 2019-2020 Mustang vehicles. The "Transmission Not In Park" warning message and associated chime duration are shorter than intended.
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020 Ford F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, Explorer, Mustang, Transit, Expedition, Escape, Ranger and Edge, and Lincoln Nautilus and Corsair vehicles. Due to a poor electrical connection, the rearview camera may intermittently display a blank or distorted image. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Mustang vehicles equipped with 5.0L engines and manual transmissions. The Powertrain Control Module (PCM) may broadcast an unintended faulted signal to the modules controlling the reverse camera, reverse light, and driver assist features, which may disable all of these functions.
The manufacturer has filed 184 technical service bulletins with NHTSA for the 2020 FORD Mustang — factory-acknowledged issues with documented fixes, distinct from recalls. Top areas:
25H05 S1 — Harvest Program 25H05 – Supplement #1 Certain 2011-2021 Model Year Vehicles Software Verification Harvest Program
SSM 54720 — Various 2020-2026 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with blind spot information system (BLIS) may experience an inoperative blind spot monitoring with a "Blind Spot System Fault" message displayed in the instrument pane
TSB 26-2112 — This bulletin supersedes TSB 26-2059. Reason For Update: To add missing labor operations. Some of the vehicles listed in the Model statement above may exhibit at least one of the following conditions: - No upshift past s
Owners have filed 113 complaints with the federal government (NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation) about the 2020 FORD Mustang. Complaints are owner-reported issues — unlike recalls, they are not manufacturer-acknowledged defects, but they show where this model-year has real-world trouble spots.
VIN 1FA6P8SJ9L5499971 identifies a 2020 FORD Mustang Shelby GT500 Coupe coupe. The first three characters (1FA) form the World Manufacturer Identifier — encoding country, manufacturer, and vehicle type. Characters 4-8 (6P8SJ) describe the model, body, and engine. The 9th character (9) is the check digit. Position 10 (L) encodes the model year (2020). Position 11 (5) is the plant code — this vehicle was assembled in FLATROCK, UNITED STATES (USA). The final six characters (499971) are the unique sequential production number.
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NHTSA vPIC database, decoded 2026-06-17
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